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Article History

Received: 22 March 2025

Revised: 19 May 2025

Accepted: 17 June 2025

First Online: 5 September 2025

Compliance with ethical standards

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: The scientific guarantors of this publication are Giovanna Ferraioli and Richard G Barr.

: G.F. has received a speaker honorarium from Canon Medical Systems, Esaote SpA, Fujifilm, Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co., Philips Healthcare, and Siemens Healthineers. She has served as a consultant to Philips Healthcare, and her university has received unrestricted research grants from Canon Medical Systems, Esaote SpA, and ultrasound equipment grants from Canon Medical Systems, Esaote SpA, Fujifilm Medical Systems, and Philips Ultrasound. She is on the Scientific Editorial Board of European Radiology (section editor: ultrasound); as such, she did not participate in the selection or review processes for this article. RGB has received research grants or equipment support from Siemens Healthineers, Philips Ultrasound, Samsung Medison, Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics, Canon Medical Systems, FujiFilm, and SuperSonic Imagine; payment or honoraria for speakers’ bureaus from Philips Ultrasound, Samsung Medison, Canon Medical Systems, Siemens Healthineers, SuperSonic Imagine, and Mindray; travel support for speakers' bureaus from Philips Ultrasound, Mindray, and SuperSonic Imagine. They are affiliated with Southwoods Imaging, OH, USA. The remaining authors declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.

: Davide Roccarina, who is one of the authors, has significant statistical expertise.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.

: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.

: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in two articles [, ]. It has been declared in M&M.

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